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  • The double bass
    Art & Culture

    The Grouchy Member of Jazz: the Double Bass!

    Enzo Capua(March 09, 2017)
    People often view the double bass as an awkward and grouchy member of the group. But with its noble origin, it is essential to the sound of a jazz band. Without the double bass as a point of reference, the other instruments would be lost.
  • Il contrabbasso
    Arte e Cultura

    Il paffuto brontolone del jazz: il contrabbasso!

    Enzo Capua(March 08, 2017)
    Troppo spesso il contrabbasso viene considerato un personaggio ingombrante e di poca importanza per la musica jazz. Eppure è uno strumento - di origini nobili e antiche - fondamentale per il sound dei brani.
  • Events: Reports

    Meet Laura Campisi, A Sicilian Jazz Musician Between Two Worlds

    Chiara Montalto(June 11, 2016)
    I recently got to know Laura Campisi, a wonderful musician from Palermo, who now lives in New York. Laura is an award winning songwriter and jazz singer. She performs a wide range of music: jazz, folk, r&b and traditional Sicilian music. On Monday, June 13, Laura will be performing Italian Jazz at Zinc Bar in the West Village. This particular show is about creating abridge between contemporary Italy and the United States. Laura and I recently sat down for a chat about music, inspiration and her current projects.
  • Events: Reports

    Jazz Concert: Francesco Cafiso Quartet

    I. I.(June 02, 2016)
    One of the most precocious talents in the history of jazz. When he was barely nine years old Francesco took his first steps, playing with internationally acclaimed musicians. Meeting Wynton Marsalis in 2002 at Pescara Jazz Festival was a turning point in Francesco’s career.
  • Art & Culture

    Italian Jazz: Bebop, Swing, and Bella Musica

    Enzo Capua(January 08, 2016)
    Two years ago I began writing this jazz column for i-ItalyNY for two reasons: the honor of having been asked to work with such an esteemed publication and the desire to extend my knowledge of American and Italian jazz to casual listeners.
  • Art & Culture

    Jazz. Mr. Sax (ophone)

    Enzo Capua(September 17, 2015)
    In 1841 a Belgian musician based in Paris decided to invent a musi- cal instrument which would possess a fuller, more vibrant sound than the bass clarinet he usually played. And the Italians? We have many in both the past and present! Tenor players Max Ionata and Francesco Bearzetti, altoists Fran- cesco Cafiso and Rosario Giuliani, sopranos Stefano Di Battista and Emanuele Cisi and baritones Carlo Actis Dato and Beppe Scardino
  • Art & Culture

    Italian Jazz "Play the sax, Pal"

    Enzo Capua(June 18, 2015)
    If we were to ask someone who knew even just a little bit of jazz what instrument he most associated the genre with, which instrument made jazz stand out from other musical genres, he or she would almost inevitably say the saxophone or trumpet. Wind instruments. Extensions of the voice, practically, extensions of the most direct, human form of communication. Breath externalizes our soul, gives us our identity, sets us apart. It begs the question: why is jazz generally associated with the emission of air from our lungs?
  • Art & Culture

    Three of a Kind: Three Italian Jazz Prodigies to Perform in Brooklyn All in One Night

    R. C.(May 12, 2015)
    An exciting jazz concert sponsored by Enzo Capua and the Italian Cultural Institute of New York will take place at the Roulette Theatre in Brooklyn on June 1st. The event will feature three young and talented Italian jazz pianists: Giovanni Guidi of the Giovanni Guidi Trio, solo artist Alessandro Lanzoni and Domenico Sanna of the “Brooklyn Beat!” Trio, who will all be performing back-to-back throughout the same action-packed night. Despite their young age – the three musicians are 30 or younger – they are all established figures within the jazz industry, having won titles such as the “Top Jazz” poll in Italy.
  • Art & Culture

    Italian Jazz: The Primacy of the Voice

    Enzo Capua(April 16, 2015)
    Apparently the first form of verbal communication between human beings closely approximated what we might define as a “song,” i.e., the verbal utterance of sounds bound together by a communicative, or emotional, structure. In short, our ancestors talked to one another by using sounds formed by a logic dictated by their feelings or needs at a given time. It’s no coincidence that our voice is known as the “first instrument,” the first means of emitting sounds that were elaborate and pleasing (or displeasing, depending on the case).

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